NaNo block

[vaneramos]

Would any of you NaNoWriMo writers like to join a small, intimate LJ community devoted to discussing the work? noplotnoproblem is rather quiet this year and we're looking for new blood to stir things up. All that is required is that you be officially writing a na-novel this year and that you know a member of the community (me). If you're interested let me know

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[winterknight]

things will get better. :) fear not. i hate those grinding moments but in a way, they're starting to appeal because they inevitably (for me) lead to outbursts of blissful productivity. like the moment of pulling those little dinky cars back before letting them go. :p

i'm going to be working on the characterizations and timeline for LV (as with a child's memories of something, the temporal aspect of my first draft is a little knotted) so that i can move onward unfettered. i was hoping to write (oh, freud, how you taunt me -- i've been spelling that 'writhe' lately) 4k this morning but sleeping in and a raging headache have confounded me. i think instead that i will drop all expectation for the day and do preparatory work instead .

and perhaps, some baking, if i am so moved. i shall see how my headache holds out.

[vaneramos]

I'll give the free writing one more try today and see what happens. The escape factor could be worthwhile, if I'm able to put myself in that headspace. ;-)

[quirkstreet]

I'm sorry about your writing woes. I recall those. They're different when having musical trouble, but similar.

Your second picture is SOOO eerie for me. I had an extended dream late this early morning about crawling around various rock outcrops near Niagara Falls by which it was possible to get to and fro safe spots and scenic outlooks without getting into the dangerous currents, and finding myself unexpectedly trapped and having to do scary/difficult climbing so as not to have to get into the rapids and really swim for it too close to the falls. Alan said it was clearly an intense dream, I was tapping my foot against his for several minutes. It had a mingled sense of joy and terror. Perhaps it was a delayed reaction to the rafting trip for Sean's birthday last summer.

[vaneramos]

Funny how friends cross psychic wires on LJ sometimes.

Charles Baxter suggests writers are more inclined toward fears of inadequacy that creators of music or visual art, because "almost every goddamn moron can write prose." He calls this Imposter Syndrome. I'm sure it applies to writing lyrics, too.

[bearfinch]

On a somewhat u-nrealted topic, did you see my post on friday about the group of dead waxwings I found?

[vaneramos]

Yes, that was alarming.

[devin101]

I would love to join that group! This is my first year doing nano, and it's kicking me in the shins, but it is so much fun.

[vaneramos]

Cool! I hope you enjoy it. :-)